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Post by lrmrtn on Jan 29, 2022 4:23:25 GMT
mrscheese, I'm glad you found something that works! Meds have made all of the difference for me. We are supposed to get up to a foot of snow. I'm actually at my mom's this weekend. She broke her wrist and had to have surgery. My friends mom did this as well she was lying on the ground like a turtle when they found her Hope she heals fast! Thanks! She was able to get up and she is close friends with her neighbor so she was able to take her to the ER.
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jan 29, 2022 15:27:46 GMT
I'm kinda overly excited for the blizzard because I love snow and also it's just exciting to actually have a blizzard warning! Something about the word 'blizzard'! For the last few years pretty much all the big storms have come too far inland and so changed to rain and been sloppy and un-magical; this one is supposed to stay snow all the way to the coast! But then again there could be power outages due to the high wind and that would seriously suck especially as it's also going to be quite cold (highs only 20 or so). So FX hard for there not to be many power outages! I hope the rest of you getting the blizzard can stay safe at home and that your power stays on! ( spins , are you around? Ok?) Funny tweet thread here from our quite witty state CDC director ETA-hmm that didn't do what I expected; might only be showing the first 2 of 6 or 8 tweets in the thread - look it up to see the rest. That tweet thread is THE BEST! Made me laugh till I started coughing.
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Post by springbeduk on Jan 29, 2022 15:46:24 GMT
Ugh. Dd seems to have a stomach bug. Which is weird because I was expecting ds to start with it first since his DCP's youngest, who ds mostly plays with (she's a year older than him and in just afternoon preK so they play all morning), has it Thursday night into yesterday and we think it came from tbe other kid who gets taken care of there who had it last week (after the rest of his family) So maybe dd's is from school. Anyway, ugh. Luckily I did buy saltines yesterday even though i had to go to walgreens for them because the supermarket was all out of them!
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Post by luvboston on Jan 29, 2022 17:47:27 GMT
So far we have 8 inches but it’s blowing hard
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jan 29, 2022 19:04:36 GMT
So far we have 8 inches but it’s blowing hard hehehe
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Post by lulu on Jan 29, 2022 19:23:38 GMT
scout251 glad your H's follow up visits have been good! I hope his recovery keeps going well! Is he able to move around, etc pretty well? +1 for not looking forward to teenage years with dd, though!! Yikes. Maybe we can all just trade kids then to reduce the drama. Most kids are so much more reasonable with anyone except their own mom. And it's easier not to overreact to any other kid. By the time everyone’s kids are teenagers, my DD1 will be an adult in her 20s…I say we send them all off to her to look after as a huge revenge for how much attitude she has given me during her own teen years 😂
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Post by lulu on Jan 29, 2022 19:33:55 GMT
I managed to get up at lunch time today and also got a shower so things looking up.
We are having a wee birthday tea for DD2 tmrw (just the five of us in the house as we are still isolating). It was meant to be a bigger party so we have loads of stuff I bought so will just decorate and make the best of it.
I managed over stages to make a cake - am resting while it cools before I find the strength to decorate it.
I could really have done without any of this but feel so bad for DD2 because her actual party at the inflatables park had to be cancelled, then the tea party with more family cancelled so I want her to have something fun.
She chose a tropical Barbie theme 😂
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Post by luvboston on Jan 30, 2022 2:19:18 GMT
Today: Put snow gear on kids 3x Made 25 different meals Gotten 30 waters Given meds Took the trash out in 60mph winds
Dead now We have 2 feet and it’s still blowing, 92 mile winds in Scituate, MA
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Post by activebaby on Jan 30, 2022 10:45:34 GMT
Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. I’m up and getting ready to leave FL with Ds2&3. I’m so glad I came. A lot of people are supporting my aunt, but no one could really push her to start doing anything. I sat with her yesterday and made her pick a funeral home. We called the funeral home and hospital together and I took notes because she cannot remember anything. She chose a date for the funeral. The hospital had been calling to ask her info so they could sent my cousins body to a funeral home, but she wouldn’t do it. So at least I could help a little while I was here. Monday she meets with the funeral home and will have to make the really hard decision for her cremate or bury (my cousin was very sick, jaundice, and bleeding a lot). Anyway thank you all so much. It’s been a busy 72 hours.
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jan 30, 2022 14:46:51 GMT
Covid is making milk taste weird.
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Post by springbeduk on Jan 30, 2022 15:28:37 GMT
Covid is making milk taste weird. Oh, no! Not milk! Though maybe other beverages are better for hydration anyway. But I hope taste goes back to normal very soon!
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jan 30, 2022 15:34:46 GMT
Covid is making milk taste weird. Oh, no! Not milk! Though maybe other beverages are better for hydration anyway. But I hope taste goes back to normal very soon! I drink a lot of water throughout the day, and drink milk at meals and when i have a snack. This had better not last after I'm done with covid.
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Post by springbeduk on Jan 30, 2022 15:37:10 GMT
lulu sorry you've been so sick - that sounds quite awful. Though good you're improving or at least it sounded like you are - i hope you actually are starting to feel better! Thus is the 2nd or 3rd round with covid for you, isn't it? Ugh! Had you been able to get a booster or just the original 2 shots so far? Was it just your dd2 and you this time or did others in the family get it again too? I can't believe you powered through to make a fancy birthday cake! Your dd1 better properly appreciate that!(eventually - when she's old enough - teenage brain probably can't ) 🤣🤣 at the theme, though!! Is choosing a theme like Barbie a thing teens (there? Or here too? I wouldn't even know!) are doing to be ironic? Is she turning 14? Or already 15? Anyway happy birthday to her, and happy first-becoming-a-mum anniversary to you!
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Post by springbeduk on Jan 30, 2022 15:43:16 GMT
Today: Put snow gear on kids 3x Made 25 different meals Gotten 30 waters Given meds Took the trash out in 60mph winds Dead now We have 2 feet and it’s still blowing, 92 mile winds in Scituate, MA You arent in Scituate, are you? (Thought you were more in the western burbs?) That's just where the dramatic nearby wind max was? I cant even tell how much we got here as it drifted so much! And haven't been out yet because of dd being sick. I was ready to send ds out in it yesterday when he was being a terror, but - was way too cold to keep the door open, so couldn't. She's starting to be better so hopefully we can venture out into it today at least a little. Even though it's still crazy-cold.
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Post by mrscheese on Jan 30, 2022 16:46:39 GMT
Covid is making milk taste weird. Now you know how milk tastes to me all the time 😂 I hope it’s just a temporary thing 🤞🏻
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Post by luvboston on Jan 30, 2022 18:37:25 GMT
Today: Put snow gear on kids 3x Made 25 different meals Gotten 30 waters Given meds Took the trash out in 60mph winds Dead now We have 2 feet and it’s still blowing, 92 mile winds in Scituate, MA You arent in Scituate, are you? (Thought you were more in the western burbs?) That's just where the dramatic nearby wind max was? I cant even tell how much we got here as it drifted so much! And haven't been out yet because of dd being sick. I was ready to send ds out in it yesterday when he was being a terror, but - was way too cold to keep the door open, so couldn't. She's starting to be better so hopefully we can venture out into it today at least a little. Even though it's still crazy-cold. No we live in the metro west my friends live up there and also on the cape it was wild In some spots near me they got 30 inches in others half that. Within like 1/2 mile of each other.
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Post by lecky on Jan 30, 2022 18:38:45 GMT
Oh, no! Not milk! Though maybe other beverages are better for hydration anyway. But I hope taste goes back to normal very soon! I drink a lot of water throughout the day, and drink milk at meals and when i have a snack. This had better not last after I'm done with covid. Hopefully it doesn't last too long. My sense of taste finally just came back within the last week.
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Post by athena on Jan 30, 2022 18:55:40 GMT
luvboston, I'm jealous of all your snow. We've only got about 3 inches here, not enough for a proper snowman even. Of course, we're supposedly in for a big storm this week, so we'll see.
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Post by athena on Jan 30, 2022 18:56:22 GMT
rainbowsockmonkey, sorry you're positive. Hope it stays mild and your symptoms don't last long. My mom's loss of smell was only like 3 days.
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Post by lulu on Jan 30, 2022 19:20:04 GMT
lulu sorry you've been so sick - that sounds quite awful. Though good you're improving or at least it sounded like you are - i hope you actually are starting to feel better! Thus is the 2nd or 3rd round with covid for you, isn't it? Ugh! Had you been able to get a booster or just the original 2 shots so far? Was it just your dd2 and you this time or did others in the family get it again too? I can't believe you powered through to make a fancy birthday cake! Your dd1 better properly appreciate that!(eventually - when she's old enough - teenage brain probably can't ) 🤣🤣 at the theme, though!! Is choosing a theme like Barbie a thing teens (there? Or here too? I wouldn't even know!) are doing to be ironic? Is she turning 14? Or already 15? Anyway happy birthday to her, and happy first-becoming-a-mum anniversary to you! Sorry I edited because it was DD2’s not DD1s birthday (I’m blaming covid brain fog 😂)…my teen would die at a Barbie theme ha ha. DD2 is five tmrw. She was meant to be going to the inflatables park with her cousins and wee girl we live beside but we had to cancel that and just have a tea in the house. But I think we made the most of it with limbo, flamingo hoops and beach balls. All things considered, they had a blast (even DD1 joined in some of the games 😳). Can you believe, this is the first time I have tested positive for covid. You may remember back in 2020 in February I was taken into hospital because I couldn’t breathe, but our health board didn’t start testing people for covid until the following month so who knows what that was (they never got to the bottom of it). A few weeks later DS was rushed to hospital because he couldn’t breathe and while they suspected an asthma attack, they hadn’t started testing under 5s at that time, so again, who knows. Then DD1 was the first pupil in her school to test positive back in October 2020 when we were all living in the lodge - she, DS and me all felt unwell, but she was the only one who ended up testing positive. And now this - just me and DD2 tested positive. DH, DS and DD1 stayed positive. The kids go back to school tmrw and all three were negative tonight. I’m still positive. As for boosters - what a saga!! I was due mine ages ago, but had my jaw fillers (so had to wait). Then I had botox booked right after, so still had to wait - then it was Christmas so waited until afterwards just because we were so busy but hadn’t made an appointment and now I have to wait 28 days because I’ve been positive. So that is completely my own fault.
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Post by lulu on Jan 30, 2022 19:25:04 GMT
Here is the cake:
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Post by springbeduk on Jan 31, 2022 0:48:13 GMT
We did finally get outside early this afternoon. It was mostly mid-high calf deep on me but some of the drifts near the house were all the way up my leg! I had to dig out the dryer vent. It was beautiful and actually not too cold and dd was feeling much better but ds lacks a proper appreciation for glorious deep snow and was (intermittently) begging to go in after about 20 minutes so we only held out for an hour. Supposed to rain later in the week. luvboston my dad is on the Cape and didn't think it was too bad there - just lost power for 1 hour early yesterday. But he's about as far from the ocean as its possible to be on the cape; probably worse more coastal parts. Luckily a friend brought over a snowblower - usually he just shovels but still very overdue for hip replacement (might get it next week or the week after, now - was supposed to be last week but then surgeon got covid!)
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Post by springbeduk on Jan 31, 2022 0:50:24 GMT
Wow lulu the cake is beautiful! And that makes so much more sense as a theme for your dd2!! Sounds like you made it a very fun day for her!
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jan 31, 2022 1:30:39 GMT
Dd2 is staying home tomorrow from school. She would be able to go back wearing a mask and all that, but has been saying all daybthat her tummy hurt. Tonight at dinner she wiuldnt eat a pancake (I even made her some chocolate chip one), and only had 2 apple sauce pouches. Im suspecting its covid related since mine was a little funny the last couple of days.
And dd1 is terrified of spiders. Every night for thr past couple of weeks she has been upnlate because she can't stop thinking of them. I remind her that the bug man comes and sprays for them, and the cats will eat any that for from the spray. Then the last few days shes been terrified of some other bug that her teacher talked about but she couldnt remember. To ight she remembered what it was. Slugs. I told her that slugs only like to be outside and not inside, and if any got into the house, they would also be killed by the spray. I am also going to message her teacher about it, and see if she can talk to Dd1 amd help to calm her fears about them.
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jan 31, 2022 5:18:53 GMT
Dd1 just puked, so no school for her tomorrow. Super fun times in our house.
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jan 31, 2022 6:38:03 GMT
After getting Dd1's bed remade and her tucked back in, I went to check on Dd2. She woke up, and I told her sister would be home tomorrow cause she puked. She then told me she also "throwed up" in her bowl, but she remembered what i said and dumped it in the toilet and rinsed the bowl in the sink.
This is why my kids ALWAYS sleep with atleast 1 bowl in their bed.
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Post by lulu on Jan 31, 2022 9:30:50 GMT
Oh @rainbowsock monkey that is the worst.
I really hope everyone starts to feel better soon ❤️
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Post by activebaby on Jan 31, 2022 14:11:12 GMT
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Post by lrmrtn on Jan 31, 2022 14:16:04 GMT
DH hooked up the Switch this weekend. DS of course loves it. We've set a time limit and DS can earn more time with reading. So the best part is that DS is reading like crazy now.
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jan 31, 2022 14:16:21 GMT
Thanks. Of courae they are both totally fine this morning and enjoying a chocolate doughnut while watching disney+. The each only threw up the one time so far. When i called the school they told me there is a stomach bug going around. If this is that, better we get it now, than in a week. I'm about to make some pb toast and a glass of chocolate milk, and see of it tastes better that regular milk. eta: the chocolate milk was not any better.
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